Example sentences of "[vb past] not said " in BNC.

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1 Something must have told him that he 'd not said quite the right thing , for he looked at Zeinab uneasily afterwards .
2 The UN had not said he deserved political asylum .
3 Stories appeared that were untrue , newspapers quoted things she had not said and she began to feel panicky .
4 Perhaps he had not said to himself that in a marriage between two like this , someone was going to have to know a little less clearly what they had wanted .
5 Neither of us has talked about it and I had not said I was writing until I have now started , but your father says he lay awake nearly all night thinking about it .
6 Though they had not said what time they would arrive , Vic was ready for his guests .
7 Rosa Jacobsen had not said where the giants had removed to . …
8 She had not said ‘ We 'll all be one happy family ’ .
9 The voice that could reach with ease to the upper gallery of the Shield Theatre sounded in the Holborn drawing-room , calling attention to the silent young man who had arrived with the Professor but so far had not said a word .
10 Chantal had not said how she now felt about Philippe Chaumont , and he felt unable to ask .
11 IBM Corp is expected to announce today that it is switching to what it calls value-based pricing for mainframe software , charging on either a per-user or elapsed time used basis ; the company issued a cryptic statement in response to the Financial Times story alleging that Louis Gerstner had put the break-up of IBM on hold , saying that Gerstner had not said such a thing for public consumption and that he had no plans to do so .
12 He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care .
13 He had not said anything more about money , but now he started again .
14 It was implied , for instance , that the medical profession had not said that smoking is bad for you .
15 She turned on Constanza ; Constanza lost her head , she struck back , she said the things she had not said in a life-time , the things that should not be said .
16 Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking .
17 I wondered , if Jean-Claude were there , why the child had not said so and gone to fetch him for me ?
18 It might have been better if the barrister had not said what he did .
19 There was only one crumb of comfort ; she was very glad that she had not said anything about it to Connor .
20 And once again I thought of Prospero ; even if he had not said it first , I should have thought of it then .
21 I wish Nuadu had not said that , he thought .
22 ‘ That 's all right , ma'am , ’ the sergeant gulped , suddenly wishing he had not said anything .
23 He asked instead why Hunter-Blair had not said he was at the Post on the day of the murder and why he had troubled to ask Linley to keep his presence secret .
24 Holmes had told Stapleton that he would return to London , but he had not said that I was going too .
25 And she was quite sure she had not said a word aloud !
26 Somehow she wished he had not said that .
27 He had not said definitely that he would be coming to Rome , only that he might … =
28 He had not said another word to her .
29 Within twenty-four hours , Justine would be hanged , and I had not said a word to anyone about it .
30 He had not said that he believed her , had only touched her for that fleeting moment , but she knew what she had felt .
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